Gene therapy / Mary C. Colavito.

By:

Colavito, Mary C [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Benjamin/Cummings special topics in biology seriesPublisher: San Francisco : Pearson, [2007]Description: iv, 42 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0805338195
9780805338195

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 616.042 C.M.G

Contents:

Realizing the promise of gene therapy : successes, setbacks, and challenges -- Gene therapy methods. Identifying a disease that is likely to respond to gene therapy ; Isolating a functional copy of the gene ; Incorporating the gene into a carrier for gene delivery ; Determining whether the gene product is made -- Partial successes and ongoing trials. Gene therapy for severe combined immune deficiency (ADA-SCID) ; Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis ; Gene therapy for canavan disease -- Setbacks. Immune reactions targeting cells carrying the vector ; Inadvertent activation of cancer causing genes by a vector ; Insufficient numbers of cells producing the gene product.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A11	Pharmacy ( Pharmacology )	616.042 C.M.G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00012747

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Includes bibliographical references.

Realizing the promise of gene therapy : successes, setbacks, and challenges -- Gene therapy methods. Identifying a disease that is likely to respond to gene therapy ; Isolating a functional copy of the gene ; Incorporating the gene into a carrier for gene delivery ; Determining whether the gene product is made --
Partial successes and ongoing trials. Gene therapy for severe combined immune deficiency (ADA-SCID) ; Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis ; Gene therapy for canavan disease --
Setbacks. Immune reactions targeting cells carrying the vector ; Inadvertent activation of cancer causing genes by a vector ; Insufficient numbers of cells producing the gene product.

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